1. 1 The EU e-Infrastructure Programme EUROCRIS Conference, Brussels, 17 th July 2007 Mário Campolargo European Commission - DG INFSO Head of Unit “GÉANT and e-Infrastructures”

2. 2 A new vision for Science  Virtual Research Communities  Improved scientific process… role of simulation  Cross-disciplinarity  Data deluge - Wet-labs versus ICT infrastructures networking grids instrumentation computing data curation… Technology push value added of distributed collaborative research (virtual organisations) Application pull

3. 3 Global Virtual Research Community Virtual Community Network Grid Scientific Data Virtual Labs Workspace Meetings, etc. Virtual Community Network Grid Scientific Data Virtual labs Workspace Meetings, etc. Virtual Community Network Grid Scientific Data Virtual Labs Workspace Meetings, etc. Network Grid Scientific Data Economies of Scale Efficiency Gains

4. 4 e-Infrastructures: strategy Linking at the speed of the light Sharing computers, instruments and applications Sharing and federating scientific data....... Astrophysics VO Weather Forecast VO Biomedics VO Connecting the finest minds Sharing the best scientific resources Building global virtual communities

5. 5 GÉANT: global reach

6. 6 EGEE: global collaborations

7. 7 Large multi-science grids  >200 sites  >30 000 CPUs  ~50 000 jobs successfully completed per day  100 Virtual Organisations  >2000 registered users, representing 1000s of scientists  >200 sites  >30 000 CPUs  ~50 000 jobs successfully completed per day  100 Virtual Organisations  >2000 registered users, representing 1000s of scientists

8. 8 Focus on scientific data infrastructures From data to publications From research to education From one to multiple discipline From now to the future From one to multiple organisations … Several "continuum "

9. 9 e-Infrastructure: evolving approach FP7 FP5 GÉANT 200320042005200620072008200920102011 FP6 GÉANT2 Grid infrastructures Supercomputer grid New users … upgrade … reinforce Repositories Org, policy, intern Data infrastruct. … upgrade

10. 10 FP7: Research Infrastructures activities support to existing research infrastructures support to new research infrastructures Integrating activities ICT based e-Infrastructures Construction of new RIs (preparatory and implementation phases) Design studies accompanying measures European policy, international cooperation, emerging needs ICT based e-Infrastructures Construction of new RIs (preparatory and implementation phases) Design studies 2006-2013 - 600 M€

11. 11 e-Infrastructure: focus on data FP6 (testbeds) DILIGENT DRIVER FP7 Network layer Grid layer Data layer User Communities Call in 2008 Scientific Data Infrastructure Call 1 May 2007 Scientific Digital Repositories

12. 12 FP7 Network layer Grid layer Data layer User Communities e-Infrastructure: core infra. and users FP6 Call 1 May 2007 Deployment of eInfrastructure for scientific communities Bioinfogrid … GRIDCC Call 2 Sep 2007 e-Science grid Infrastructure BALTIGRID EGEE DEISA …

13. 13 e-Infrastructure: support measures FP6 FP7 Network layer Grid layer Data layer User Communities … international cooperation Call 2 - Sep 2007 14M€ Regarding e-Infrastructures… … coordination actions supporting policy development … … studies and conferences …

14. 14 e-Infrastructure: data repositories* IMPACT NMDB DRIVER II METAFOR EuroVO-AIDA GENESI-DR bio-informatics space physics federated digital repositories climatology astronomy geosciences * Proposals under negotiation at this stage

15. 15 e-Infrastructure: user communities* FEDERICA EUFORIA neuGRID D4Science EDGeS ETSF e-NMR DORII SEE-GRID-SCI EVALSO ICT communities magnetic fusion medical e-Support environment - e-Infrastructure ICT communities spectroscopy data analysis - biology environmental science, seismology seismology (regional) astronomy (intercontinental) * Proposals under negotiation at this stage

16. 16 e-Infrastructure: new infrastructures* PACE EGI - DS DIESIS european supercomputing initiative european grid infrastructure critical infrastructures * Proposals under negotiation at this stage

17. 17 Further information www.cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/e-infrastructure/